Word: colas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their crops. But the nation's 5,000 sugarcane and 15,000 sugar-beet growers found that world prices were continuing to drop so fast that even with the subsidy they were losing money. At the same time, the major sugar-user firms, such as the Coca-Cola Co., General Foods Corp. and Nestlé Alimentana, were more than happy with Carter's program because it kept prices low and increased their profits...
Many farm-state Senators and Congressmen muttered, perhaps unfairly, that Carter's policy was chiefly intended to benefit Atlanta-based Coca-Cola, which is the nation's biggest commercial sugar user, accounting for about 10% of annual U.S. consumption, and is headed by his longtime friend J. Paul Austin. At a Senate hearing, Louisiana Democrat Russell Long told Bergland, "I would call the existing sugar program a Coca-Cola program." Replied White House Aide Lynn Daft: "The Coca-Cola charge is an outrage." Still, in a July 7 memo to Carter, White House Assistant Stuart Eizenstat recommended that...
...Cabin Creek Coffee House. It is a warm and welcome refuge from the coal-dust-blackened slush outside and the dispiriting sight of the empty coal hoppers-as idle as the miners-on the railroad tracks across the road. The men pass the hours playing pool, drinking RC Cola and strong black coffee (35? a cup with a refill on the house) and talking about hunting, fishing and making ends meet...
...name that stuck for a while, recalls Susan E. McGee, registrar for Harvard Extension, is "The Pepsi Man" or "Mr. Pepsi." This name comes from Edwards' practice of drinking large bottles of cola while he waits for the exam to end. McGee knows people who have run across old Harvard friends in New York City or other parts of the country and been asked, "How is the Pepsi Man these days...
...valuable time when he likes to think. Then he took his regular rubdown from a masseur who is also one of his bodyguards. Lunch was, as always, a bowl of soup. For nourishment during the day Sadat drinks liquids constantly: fruit juice, minted tea and a lightly carbonated European cola. A devout Muslim, he never touches liquor or wine...